71.   Left-wingers in the Ukrainian parliament Wednesday blocked the passage of a law aimed at sharing out collective farmland among agricultural workers.

72.   NFP members have taken turns to picket the chamber of the lower house budget committee for the past week to block the passage of the budget.

73.   Some Republican senators have threatened to block passage of any plan.

74.   Some Republican senators have threatened to block passage of any universal health plan, which conservatives argue will be prohibitively expensive for small and medium-size employers.

75.   South Korean opposition legislators formed a human barricade in parliament Monday to block the passage of a government bill aimed at bolstering the power of intelligence agents.

76.   South Korean opposition legislators formed a human barricade in parliament Monday to block the passage of a controversial government bill aimed at bolstering the power of intelligence agents.

77.   Some then marched off to a road junction where police were said to be blocking the passage of two buses from the nearby town of Vlore.

78.   The budget debate was stalled for more than three months as opposition parties blocked its passage, accusing former prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa of involvement in dubious money transactions.

79.   The gutted hull remains above water but is partly blocking the passage into the port.

80.   The Krajina Serbs control the only way into the region via Croatia and have blocked the passage of all food convoys for several weeks.